Abdul Haq

Abdul Haq (23 April 1958-26 October 2001), born Humayoun Arsala, was a commander of the Northern Alliance mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s and the Afghan Civil War in the 1990s.

Biography
Humayoun Arsala was born in Nangarhar in Afghanistan in 1958, and in the 1980s he fought in the Soviet-Afghan War as a commander of the Mujahideen. He fought against the Soviet Union and Afghan communists with aid from the United States and People's Republic of China, and after the war he became a commander of the Northern Alliance.

In the 1990s, Haq commanded forces against the Taliban extremists, who took over in 1996. Haq conducted guerrilla warfare against the new government, but in 2001 he was found by the Taliban. Despite attempted US aid, he was captured and executed.